GPS NEWS
NEW GPS WING COMMANDER [SIGNALS exclusive]. Col. Bernard Gruber, commander of the 45th Space Wing Operations Group at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, will take over command of the GPS Wing by this summer. Changes may be in store. (More)
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GALILEO NEWS
ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET. . . . It's finally a go for the European GNSS. The European Space Agency signed the three key contracts for Galileo's full operational capability on January 28. For the first time, ESA acted on behalf of the European Commission, a major milestone in Europe's complicated cooperation agreement between the agencies. (More) |
COMPASS NEWS
BEIDOU-2 GEO SATELLITE LAUNCHED: A Long March rocket sent up a second geostationary satellite on January 17 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The spacecraft joins another GEO satellite and a lone MEO satellite, the beginnings of a Chinese GNSS scheduled to be completed by 2020. (More)
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GLONASS NEWS
3 NEW SATELLITES GO LIVE. Activation of three GLONASS-M satellites launched last December 14 has brought the Russian GNSS constellation back up to 18 operational space vehicles as of Feb. 2. Of the 22 satellites in the Russian constellation, two are undergoing repair, two are being decommissioned. Six more are needed for global coverage. (More) |
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